Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules numerical collection
A lost numerically arranged baraita collection inferred from medieval citations and fragments.
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Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules numerical collection v1 ยท Draft
A lost rabbinic collection visible through medieval citations and fragments.
Epistemic status
This article describes an entity that is not directly attested: the complete Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules. Medieval citations and a few fragments are attested; the full collection is not.
Summary
Jewish Encyclopedia reports that Rashi, the Tosafists, Abraham ibn Ezra, Yalkut, and Asher ben Jehiel mention and cite a work called Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules.
What is being inferred
A lost numerically arranged baraita collection behind the preserved citations and fragments.
What is attested
The attested surfaces are medieval citations, a few preserved fragments, and later scholarly reconstruction of the work's possible arrangement and contents.
Why infer this entity
A named work cited by several medieval authorities, with preserved fragments and a content profile, is more than a generic baraita category.
Evidence ledger
- Multiple medieval authorities are said to cite the work.
- The source discusses it as a lost work.
- Only a few fragments are preserved.
- The R. Nathan identification is uncertain.
Counterarguments
The numerical organization and attribution rely on reconstruction. The work should not be equated with Mishnat R. Nathan unless stronger evidence appears.
Confidence scores
Direct attestation 55; existence warrant 76; specificity 68; reconstruction dependence 69; counterevidence 30.
What would change the score
A complete citation dossier would raise specificity. Evidence that the citations belong to several different works would weaken the single-collection inference.
Why this candidate exists
Codex-native Judaism category traversal selected a named rabbinic lost work with explicit citation and fragment evidence.
L3 Evidence packet
Jewish Encyclopedia, Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 68
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jewish Encyclopedia, Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules
Quote: "make citations from it"
Paraphrase: Medieval authorities cite the work.
Reliability: 68 - Relevance: 90
Cluster: forty-nine-rules
Jewish Encyclopedia, Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules - Negative evidence
Warrant role: Counterevidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 68
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jewish Encyclopedia, Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules
Quote: "this lost work"
Paraphrase: The source labels the work as lost in the reconstruction discussion.
Reliability: 68 - Relevance: 88
Cluster: forty-nine-rules
Jewish Encyclopedia, Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules - Shared wording
Warrant role: Supporting evidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 68
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jewish Encyclopedia, Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules
Quote: "rubrics from one to forty-nine"
Paraphrase: The conjectured organization is numerical.
Reliability: 68 - Relevance: 78
Cluster: forty-nine-rules
Jewish Encyclopedia, Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules - Direct attestation
Warrant role: Supporting evidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 68
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jewish Encyclopedia, Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules
Quote: "few fragments of this Baraita preserved"
Paraphrase: The surviving evidence consists of only a few fragments.
Reliability: 68 - Relevance: 86
Cluster: forty-nine-rules
Jewish Encyclopedia, Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Supporting evidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 68
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jewish Encyclopedia, Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules
Quote: "haggadic as well as halakic matter"
Paraphrase: The source gives a limited but useful content profile.
Reliability: 68 - Relevance: 76
Cluster: forty-nine-rules
Jewish Encyclopedia, Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules - Contradiction
Warrant role: Counterevidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 68
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jewish Encyclopedia, Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules
Quote: "highly improbable"
Paraphrase: The source discounts an over-strong identification with Mishnat R. Nathan.
Reliability: 68 - Relevance: 76
Cluster: forty-nine-rules
Offline existing-inferon judge ledger control source - Network gap
Warrant role: Noetic interpretation
Source authority: Noetic model prior 50
Access level: No external text
Locator: existing_inferon_judge_promote:inferon:431
Paraphrase: Offline judge treated existing inferon 431 (source_dependence) as support for Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules numerical collection. Evidence strength: source-backed prior reading already isolated a bounded missing or reconstructed entity; suitable for L2 only. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1649.
Reliability: 76 - Relevance: 66
Cluster: existing_inferon_judge_promote:76c21b7a55a2ec39cc890e68e2b7ce17
Arguments
Existing inferon 431 supports an L2 inferred candidate for Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules numerical collection; this remains below publication and is not direct attestation.
AI-assessed L2 Quotient triage: AI judge warrant assessment for L2 Quotient triage; existing AI-created evidence remains below publication.
A Baraita of the Forty-nine Rules numerical collection is warranted as a source-backed draft lost-text entity.
The named lost-work object is draftable because citations and fragments are reported, but attribution and structure remain discounted.